@umaia.pt
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
University of Maia
Currently teaching in Criminology BSc and MSc levels at the University of Maia (Portugal) and University School of Nursing (Porto). Extensive experience in research projects since 2012 (including in design, submission, implementation, research and evaluation). Was the coordinator and Senior Researcher of several projects contracted by EIGE - European Institute for Gender Equality; Member of the Portuguese Observatory of Murdered Women, and part of the Portuguese team of the European Observatory on Femicide. Involved in quantitative and qualitative studies; training of professionals; preparing and publishing materials, studies, papers and recommendations at EU and national levels. Integrates the list of experts of the Institute for Gender Equality in the field of research and statistics and gender-based violence. Actively participated in several funded academic and social research projects and is a member of different networks related to Criminology and Gender-based violence.
Cátia Pontedeira has completed a European PhD in Criminology from the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto with a focus on Sentencing Intimate Partner Homicides in Portugal and the UK: a comparative study. Awarded a PhD scholarship in 2019. Completed a master’s degree in Forensic Science at London South Bank University, receiving the ‘Best Postgraduate Student’ prize in 2014. Has a BSc in Criminology by the University of Maia and a Post-graduation in Gender Equality and another in Forensic Sciences, Criminal Investigation and Deviant Behavior
Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology
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